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Blade enclosure

  • US 9,503,331 B2
  • Filed: 05/21/2013
  • Issued: 11/22/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A blade enclosure comprising:

  • a plurality of physical interfaces of a first type, each for connecting a respective blade to the blade enclosure;

    a plurality of physical interfaces of a second type, each for coupling to a respective corresponding physical I/O connector of a respective conventional computer to connect the respective conventional computer to the blade enclosure, the conventional computer comprising a portable computing device that is self-contained and provides processing, storage, power, user interface, and display functionality;

    a management component connected to the physical interfaces and for managing blades and conventional computers connected to the physical interfaces to provide computing resources to one or more external devices, wherein the management component;

    (a) detects each conventional computer connected to a respective physical interface of the second type, and(b) responsive thereto, configures the respective conventional computer to make a processor and memory of the respective conventional computer function as a blade in providing computing resources to the one or more external devices;

    and a body containing the physical interfaces and the management component.

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